The Life and Legend of James Watt: Collaboration, Natural Philosophy, and the Improvement of the Steam Engine
(Part of the Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century Series)
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The Life and Legend of James Watt offers a deeper understanding of the work and character of the great eighteenth-century engineer. Stripping away layers of legend built over generations, David Philip Miller finds behind the heroic engineer a conflicted man often diffident about his achievements but also ruthless in protecting his inventions and ideas, and determined in pursuit of money and fame. A skilled and creative engineer, Watt was also...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0822966115
ISBN13:9780822966111
Release Date:July 2019
Publisher:University of Pittsburgh Press
Length:432 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.0" x 7.9"
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